Written by

Cody Futrell
cfutrell@thenewsstar.com

A group of local youngsters will get a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to play at the Professional Baseball Hall of Fame and be inducted into the youth wing of the hall next week.

Gorilla Axle, a USSSA select team based in West Monroe, departed town Wednesday en route to Cooperstown, N.Y., home of the Hall of Fame.

Along the way, the group will stop in Hershey, Pa., to visit the Hershey Chocolate factory and also in Washington, D.C., where they will take in a Major League game featuring the Washington Nationals. ...